nonnaB 4,893 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 4 hours ago, philmayfield said: The Italians seem to hold their mouth close to the plate and just shovel it in. I use a fork and twirl it round a desert spoon. How dare you. Anyway its a dessert spoon. Nothing to do with the desert.Unfortunately Phil I can't remember if you ate spaghetti at La Buca or L'Angolo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 But it's OK if they wash their hands afterwards as well, Gem..... However, Paul tells me that a lot of men don't seem to bother washing their hands AT ALL before they leave the little boys' room. That's not true in the ladies' loo in my experience.. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, nonnaB said: How dare you. Anyway its a dessert spoon. Nothing to do with the desert.Unfortunately Phil I can't remember if you ate spaghetti at La Buca or L'Angolo. I rely on spell check but it obviously doesn’t recognise context! Why would you remember unless I made a dreadful exhibition of myself whilst eating it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 7 minutes ago, MargieH said: But it's OK if they wash their hands afterwards as well, Gem..... However, Paul tells me that a lot of men don't seem to bother washing their hands AT ALL before they leave the little boys' room. That's not true in the ladies' loo in my experience.. As you leave you pick up the bacteria on the door handle from the great unwashed so that rather defeats the washing process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I always was my hands after ,, but often wonder why i bothered,,,cos i ain't actually touched owt thats mucky,,,,,then you use the door handle to get out,,and that must be the muckiest thing in there................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Phil, there are ways of opening the door without actually touching it with your bare hands... tissue or elbow? but I understand what you're saying.... just don't eat the mints on the bar (do they still have them?) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I certainly wouldn’t eat the peanuts from the dish on a bar! 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Love spaghetti, and must always be eaten with a fork and spoon. It does take some mastering though I must admit ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I hate sugar lumps in a jar in cafes. I'd rather do without. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Spaghetti eat from the back of your plate as with any food? Worrabarrt them chinks eating noddles with sticks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: Not quite a Pint............... Could have been a plate of spaghetti or pot of peas ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, radfordred said: Spaghetti eat from the back of your plate as with any food? Worrabarrt them chinks eating noddles with sticks? The English attempt to pick up food in a gentile manner with chopsticks and lift it up to their lips. The orientals bring their mouths down to the level of the plate and use the chopsticks to shovel the food in. Unlike Johnny Foreigner, we are taught proper table manners! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I've seen blokes coming out of the stalls after a sit down job and not bother washing their hands. God knows how they live at home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Interesting @Beekay how would you know they've done a sit down job when its behind a closed door? I always make sure no spy holes before I sit down & if there is, stuff it with paper? & if I have ballpoint pen I'd poke your eye out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I can honestly assure you RR.that don't hang listening at bog doors. I have more important things to do, like knitting spaghetti or filling ravioli parcels. ( Got tired of counting mushy peas in a pot). 4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I wouldn't think washing hands with soap and warm water destroys all the bacteria. Look how surgeons scrub up before an operation and even then they wear surgical gloves. Possibly not a good idea to live too clinical a life. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I remember being in a toilet cubicle at Heathrow airport and listening to the man in the next compartment saying on his mobile 'phone "I'll have to ask my secretary but she's not with me at the moment". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Phil, on that subject, it used to be embarrassing when I was a ranger at water sports centre, holme Pierrpont, I could in be in the loo and my radio would blast out, "HP5 what's your location?", usually when the gents was busy. Oh the pain !!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Just finished a very nice spaghetti actually, we're big pasta fans. Nothing should ever be written in stone but most Italians with table manners just use a fork. You might see some in gangster movies with a napkin down their front shovelling but that's rude. Nothing at all wrong with using a spoon as well, after all it's not the easiest unless you've been taught the correct way or get plenty of practice. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I always dread my 'phone going off during a funeral service. Fortunately I don't have a jolly ringtone! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I always switch mine off, Ace of Spades might offend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, TBI said: Just finished a very nice spaghetti actually, we're big pasta fans. Nothing should ever be written in stone but most Italians with table manners just use a fork. You might see some in gangster movies with a napkin down their front shovelling but that's rude. Nothing at all wrong with using a spoon as well, after all it's not the easiest unless you've been taught the correct way or get plenty of practice. Italians with table manners. Which part of Italy do you frequent? (just joking Brenda!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 minute ago, philmayfield said: Italians with table manners. Which part of Italy do you frequent? Most parts except Sicily and Naples, very common Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I once made a lighthearted remark about the Mafia over lunch with some Italians in Naples. "In Naples we don't make jokes about the Mafia" I was told. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 You're lucky you didn't end up having an afternoon kip with the fishes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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